A page turns in Brazil. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said goodbye to his supporters on Friday, speaking on social media two days before the end of his term.
The outgoing far-right head of state did not specify during this speech whether he will hand over the presidential sash to his successor Lula on Sunday, as required by the investiture protocol, while he must leave very soon for the United States.
“The world will not stop spinning on January 1 (…) We have a great future ahead of us,” Bolsonaro said.
“We lose battles, but we don’t lose the war,” added the man who was hit by a narrow head in October’s presidential election by leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Next departure to the United States
Jair Bolsonaro must leave Brazil very soon for a trip to the United States, having authorized the general secretariat of the presidency for members of the staff in charge of the security of the “future former president” to leave the territory for a trip to Miami “from 1 to January 30, 2023”, according to the Official Gazette on Friday.
Bolsonaro did not mention the trip, but spoke directly to his supporters, who continue to camp outside army barracks or headquarters in Brasilia and other cities to demand military intervention to prevent Lula from taking office.
“I never thought it would go this far,” Bolsonaro said through tears, before declaring, “at least we have delayed the collapse of Brazil for four years with this nefarious left-wing ideology.”
“I did my best,” continued the outgoing president, whose analysts consider the balance of his four years in office very bad.
In front of his official residence in the Palacio de la Alvorada, the protesters who followed the live broadcast shouted “coward!”, “shame!”. Since Lula’s victory, whom he has never congratulated, Bolsonaro lives almost like a recluse in Brasilia and has locked himself in silence.
Source: BFM TV
